Wakeboarding History

(pucktowake) · (pucktowake) **Join Date: May 2007** 01-05-2009, 10:51 AM

Does anyone know how wakeboarding started like the dates or any thing like that. I am doing a school project on it and I cant find like a specific person .

(bftskir) · (bftskir) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 01-05-2009, 10:53 AM

tony finn

skurfer

(bftskir) · (bftskir) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 01-05-2009, 10:55 AM

correct craft invented and patented the first Tower on a boat in like 96

(ponte_06_x2) · (ponte_06_x2) **Join Date: Jan 2006** 01-05-2009, 10:59 AM

the day randell harris was born.

(deltawakerider)

Carlsbad lagoon, California

(trevorg7) · (trevorg7) **Join Date: Mar 2008** 01-05-2009, 11:09 AM

I started it. ;)

1985 on a surfboard being pulled behind a Boston Whaler in the Delta near light 11.

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(stephan) · (stephan) **Join Date: Nov 2002** 01-05-2009, 11:54 AM

Tony Finn & the Skurfer. Also around the same time Jimmy Redmond started Redline. The Redline was far superior to the Skurfer in that it was glassed not plastic.

Here's the real deal:
http://www.prowakeboardtour.com/article.jsp?ID=32764

(cocheese) · (cocheese) **Join Date: Jul 2004** 01-05-2009, 12:05 PM

Here is a post that I posted a while ago. It is wakeboarding on Modern Marvels on the History channel.
http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/582688.html

(monkey) · (monkey) **Join Date: Oct 2002** 01-05-2009, 5:13 PM

I got behind my dad's old outboard, riding a wooden plank... in the lagoon :-)

(Tommy) · (Tommy) **Join Date: Aug 2010** 08-14-2014, 1:18 PM

Hey guys and ladies! We have revived the Wakeboarding Hall of Fame and will be posting much of the History of the Sport. There is heated discussions constantly. Please feel free to post your stories on the FB page and soon coming Web site. God bless. Here is the link to the Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/wakeboardinghalloffame#

Tommy Phillips Founder Wakeboarding Hall of Fame.http://www.wakeworld.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

(alexair) · (alexair) **Join Date: Oct 2008** 08-16-2014, 9:09 AM

My guess it's true story http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakeboarding
"While the 'Surf-Ski' found limited success in the United States, the 'Skurfer' brand promoted by Tony Finn became a viable product, mostly due to Finn's tireless promotions. Finn's position as the most visible promoter of the sport when it became widely known has often caused him to be mistakenly named as the inventor of the sport. A more accurate, though no less important description, would be popularizer." had said there

(brett33) · (brett33) **Join Date: Apr 2011** 08-16-2014, 12:34 PM

Da Moose..

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